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Titanic History Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
| 1881 - Fireman / Stoker and survivor Mr William Nutbean was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.
1882 - Quartermaster and survivor Mr Robert Hichens was born to Philip Hichens (fisherman) and Rebecca Wood Hichens in St Peter's Square, Newlyn, Cornwall, England, UK. 1996 - The cast for James Cameron's movie "Titanic" rehearsed in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. |
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For all those webmasters who are bored with their seamless backgrounds and think it's high time for something different, I've got your answer. A diamond background. This article will show you how to make this background in particular: http://back-to-titanic.com/waves/copal/may00_dia2.html It's highly simplified, so make this one first and mess around with it all you like. 1. Open an image file, anything that's larger than 200x200 pixels. Duplicate the background layer (by default it will be named "Background copy"). Delete the background layer, leaving just its copy. 2. Select the "Cropping Tool" and double-click on it. The options on the right will appear. Check the box beside "Fixed Target Size" and enter 200 pixels by 200 pixels at 72 pixels/inch. Crop your image. 3. Go to "Image | Rotate Canvas" and select 45 degrees (CW or CCW doesn't matter). 4. Duplicate that layer. For either layer, go to "Edit | Transform | Rotate 180." 5. Go to "Filter | Offset" and "Wrap Around" the second layer. (See Seamless Backgrounds for more information on Offsetting) You may need to put in a background color ("Layer | New | Background" and the background color will become your background) if the seams don't match perfectly, but just find something that won't be too obvious. Stretch it into more of a diamond shape by going to "Image | Image Size," deselect the "Constrain Aspect Ratio" box and make the height 5-15 pixels bigger. If you want it to be wider rather than longer, simply increase the width instead. One of the things you might try is making more than two diamonds before it repeats. If you'd like to do this add "Image | Canvas Size" and make sure you're adding 200, 300, 400, etc. percent of the height and/or width. The next issue will include how to make this background: http://back-to-titanic.com/waves/copal/jun00_stripes.html |
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history with kelly
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site of the month
the flub report
wallpapers/quotes
graphic sets
characters
scenes
downloads
rare pictures
facts
books
columns
Copal's Queue
introduction
thumbnails
seamless bg
frames
webrings
yahoo
graphics pop
graphics pop ii
loading
diamond bg
striped bg
text
transparent gifs
seamless frames
guides
transforming
mouseovers
tables
cleaning up
flyout window
image maps
programs i love
actions
cropping
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